Dear Mr. Henshaw, I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in the rig... Dad would yell out of the cab, \"Come on, Leigh. Hop in and I´ll give you a lift to school.\" Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw´s number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He´s lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh´s teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh´s life.
